To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2007, Official Report, column 137W, on fixed penalties, how many penalty notices for disorder have not been processed where a victim may wish to seek compensation through the criminal courts. (156272)

The police do not collect information on the number of penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) which were not processed because the victim sought compensation through the criminal courts. The Office for Criminal Justice Reform collect data only on the number of PNDs actually issued.